Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that the recent cyberattack on the Australian Parliament’s computing network was most likely carried out by a foreign government, The Sydney Morning Herald reported on Feb. 18.

Western countries that use Chinese equipment in their critical networks will face the risk of U.S. countermeasures, according to the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, Bloomberg reported Feb. 7.

Norway's PST domestic intelligence agency has warned that the Chinese government was using Huawei equipment to steal sensitive information, the South China Morning Post reported Feb. 5. The Chinese Embassy in Oslo swiftly responded by calling the accusations ridiculous.